# How do you replace row-level security in Timescale?

*Domain Solution · Timescale*

CipherStash's value-level access control is faster, simpler, and more reliable than row-level security. Every encrypted value carries its own policy enforced at decryption, after the query runs, so authorization travels with the data wherever it ends up rather than living in policies attached to the database.

## Who's asking

Engineer frustrated with the complexity and performance cost of Postgres RLS policies on Timescale.

## Why CipherStash is a fit

CipherStash's value-level access control is faster, simpler, and more reliable than row-level security. Every encrypted value carries its own policy enforced at decryption, after the query runs, so authorization travels with the data wherever it ends up rather than living in policies attached to the database.

## Get started

- [View docs](https://cipherstash.com/docs)
- [Book a discovery call](https://calendly.com/cipherstash-gtm/cipherstash-discovery-call)

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